The concept consists of:

• an “indicator system” as a methodological concept that brings together the state-of-art in risk governance concepts with methodological and procedural needs, identified by those who are close to the daily practice in risk communication, with:

• Part A: Procedural and methodological aspects, applicable for every risk setting
• Part B: Context related aspects, to be defined individually for every risk setting. For this phase it is necessary to develop additional indicators by the responsible authorities according to their needs, circumstances, priority risks, populations, target groups etc.

• an “interest analysis” being a practical method for preparing stakeholder involvement processes.

The first phase of the MIDIR project concentrated on procedural and methodological aspects in a risk governance process, which are applicable for every risk setting (Part A). It made use of commonly accepted dynamic indicators (see Wanczura 2007) which allowed an adaptation depending on the needs of the responsible institution of a specific risk governance process. Furthermore it can be used as a basis for the elaboration or generation of Part B since basic features of Part A as e.g. stakeholder involvement have to be considered as well when defining context related indicators in Part B. Consequently both parts are interdependent and implemented simultaneously and strictly connected to each other. The practical application of the process was the focus of the case studies.